Band leader Chris Barber chooses the legendary jazz trumpeter, Louis Armstrong. With Humphrey Carpenter. From 2002. Show more
Cora seeks help from her London friend, Dr Luke Garrett. Her friendship with Will is tested. Read by Ruth Gemmell. Show more
The actress chooses 'Father and Son' by Cat Stevens, and the final chorus of 'Dialogues of the Carmelites' by Francis Poulenc.
Summer, 1545: There’s a new case in Portsmouth and across the Channel a French fleet prepares to attack. Stars Justin Salinger. Show more
David needs to find a new secretary and finds himself landed with his boss’s niece. Stars George Cole. From January 1959. Show more
Taken to court and visiting outpatients in Johnny Speight's sketches. With Nicholas Parsons and Leslie Noyes. From August 1963. Show more
Sue's thrown Robert out - so what could possibly bring them together again? Stars John Gordon Sinclair. From February 1989. Show more
4 Extra Debut. From Adam and the Ants to Van Morrison. Comedian Lee Mack shares his castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From 2013. Show more
A potentially life-saving double-mastectomy, has an unexpected side effect of body confidence for BBC Radio London presenter Claira Hermet. Show more
Rivalry, friendship and shoes. Our story goes full circle as two shoe-making brothers light the path for the future. From 2021. Show more
Daljit Nagra selects Pick a Sky and Name It with successful millennial poet Momtaza Mehri from Somalia. From 2017. Show more
Barney and Cathy vie to be the most attractive, while Alice’s life drawing makes David jealous. Stars Jack Docherty. From 2016. Show more
Biography of the author of The Cazalet Chronicles. Writing about love, in her own life it often eluded her. Read by Greta Scacchi. Show more
Singer Kim Wilde chooses Cilla Black's 'Anyone who had a heart' and 'Everything put together falls apart' by Paul Simon.
A young man escapes a dreary clerkship in industrial Yorkshire by taking a job as a teacher in Belgium. Stars Paul Venables. Show more
A window into the life of San Francisco airport baggage attendant Linard Davies, from lost items to unusual requests. From 2014. Show more
The tragic history of the woman who threw herself in front of the King's horse, Anmer at the 1913 Epsom Derby. Stars Janet Maw. Show more
Daljit Nagra selects Pick a Sky and Name It with successful millennial poet Momtaza Mehri from Somalia. From 2017. Show more
Barney and Cathy vie to be the most attractive, while Alice’s life drawing makes David jealous. Stars Jack Docherty. From 2016. Show more
4 Extra Debut. What happens if antibiotics stop working? Stars Gina McKee. Developed through the Wellcome Trust Experimental stories scheme. Show more
Fiercely competitive bridge player, Pamela Beauchamp finds an unusual way to get revenge on young rivals. Stars Penelope Keith. Show more
Rivalry, friendship and shoes. Our story goes full circle as two shoe-making brothers light the path for the future. From 2021. Show more
The tragic history of the woman who threw herself in front of the King's horse, Anmer at the 1913 Epsom Derby. Stars Janet Maw. Show more
4 Extra Debut. From Adam and the Ants to Van Morrison. Comedian Lee Mack shares his castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From 2013. Show more
A potentially life-saving double-mastectomy, has an unexpected side effect of body confidence for BBC Radio London presenter Claira Hermet. Show more
Barney and Cathy vie to be the most attractive, while Alice’s life drawing makes David jealous. Stars Jack Docherty. From 2016. Show more
A tennis battle of the sexes, Jane Austen and TV sleuths. Sketches with Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins. From October 2002. Show more
Alexei on growing up in a communist household, his drug-dealer career and his physical attraction to Boris Johnson. From 2016. Show more
When Auntieji upsets a listener, can Khalid save the Asian station? Stars Meera Syal and Sanjeev Bhaskar. From September 1996. Show more
4 Extra Debut. What happens if antibiotics stop working? Stars Gina McKee. Developed through the Wellcome Trust Experimental stories scheme. Show more
Fiercely competitive bridge player, Pamela Beauchamp finds an unusual way to get revenge on young rivals. Stars Penelope Keith. Show more
Biography of the author of The Cazalet Chronicles. Writing about love, in her own life it often eluded her. Read by Greta Scacchi. Show more
Singer Kim Wilde chooses Cilla Black's 'Anyone who had a heart' and 'Everything put together falls apart' by Paul Simon.
A young man escapes a dreary clerkship in industrial Yorkshire by taking a job as a teacher in Belgium. Stars Paul Venables. Show more
A window into the life of San Francisco airport baggage attendant Linard Davies, from lost items to unusual requests. From 2014. Show more
The tragic history of the woman who threw herself in front of the King's horse, Anmer at the 1913 Epsom Derby. Stars Janet Maw. Show more
